List of 42 Prophets sent by God

A Prophet is a person who is assigned a mission by God to guide mankind to Monotheism, the worship of one God.

A prophet would receive Gods word through revelations, prophecies and commandments and convey the message to their people. Muslims must believe in, honour and respect all prophets:

42 prophets specifically mentioned in the Quran;
Prophets mentioned in scripture, such as the Old Testament etc.
And the 10,000's of 'unknown' prophets we have no information about

Name English / Arabic / Hebrew Number of mentions in Quran 0

Aaron Aaron / Harun / Aharon "high mountain" 24 mentions in Quran 1 of 42

Abel Abel / Habil / Hevel 1 mentions in Quran 2 of 42

Abraham Abraham / Ibrahim / Ebrahem "father of many" 80 mentions in Quran 3 of 42

Adam Adam / Adam / Adamu 47 mentions in Quran 4 of 42

Aram Aram / Iram / Aram 1 mentions in Quran 5 of 42

Arphaxad Arphaxad / Arfakhshad / Arpakhshad 0 mentions in Quran 6 of 42

Benjamin Benjamin / Binyameen / Binyaamem "son of the right hand" 6 mentions in Quran 7 of 42

Cain Cain / Qabil / Qayin "acquired" 1 mentions in Quran 8 of 42

David David / Dawud / Dervid "beloved" 18 mentions in Quran 9 of 42

Eber Eber / Hud / Ever 0 mentions in Quran 10 of 42

Eli Eli / Imran / Ila 0 mentions in Quran 11 of 42

Elijah Elijah / Ilyas / Eliyahu "my God is Yahweh" 0 mentions in Quran 12 of 42

Elisha Elisha / Al-Yasa / Elisha "my God is salvation" 2 mentions in Quran 13 of 42

Enoch Enoch / Idris / Hanokh "dedicated" 3 mentions in Quran 14 of 42

Eve Eve / Hawa / Hawwah 6 mentions in Quran 15 of 42

Ezekiel Ezekiel / Dhul-Kifl / Jhezqel "God strengthens" 0 mentions in Quran 16 of 42

Isaac Isaac / Ishaq / Yitskhak "he laughs" 16 mentions in Quran 17 of 42

Ishmael Ishmael / Ismail / Yishmael "God will hear" 12 mentions in Quran 18 of 42

Jacob Jacob / Yaqub / Yaakov "holder of the heel" 19 mentions in Quran 19 of 42

Japheth Japheth / Yafeth / Yapheth "enlarged" 1 mentions in Quran 20 of 42

Jesus Jesus / Isa / Yeshua 60 mentions in Quran 21 of 42

Jethro Jethro / Shuaib / Yeter "abundance" 0 mentions in Quran 22 of 42

Job Job / Ayyub / Iyyov "persecuted, hated" 4 mentions in Quran 23 of 42

John John / Yahya / Yochanan "Yahweh is gracious" 9 mentions in Quran 24 of 42

Jonah Jonah / Younus / Yona "dove" 5 mentions in Quran 25 of 42

Joseph Joseph / Yusuf / Yosep "he will add" 40 mentions in Quran 26 of 42

Joshua Joshua / Yoosha / Yehoshua "Yahweh is salvation" 1 mentions in Quran 27 of 42

Judah Judah / Yahutha / Yehudah "praised" 0 mentions in Quran 28 of 42

Levi Levi / Lawi / Liva "attached" 0 mentions in Quran 29 of 42

Lot Lot / Lut / Lot 39 mentions in Quran 30 of 42

Mary Mary / Maryam / Miryam "sea of bitterness" 43 mentions in Quran 31 of 42

Methusaleh Methusaleh / Salih / Metuselah "man of the dart" 0 mentions in Quran 32 of 42

Midian Midian / Madyan / Midien 12 mentions in Quran 33 of 42

Moses Moses / Musa / Moshe "deliver" 190 mentions in Quran 34 of 42

Muhammad Muhammad / Muhammad / Machamadim 728 mentions in Quran 35 of 42

Noah Noah / Nuh / Noach 56 mentions in Quran 36 of 42

Phinehas Phinehas / Fahnaz / Pinehas "Nubian" 0 mentions in Quran 37 of 42

Seth Seth / Sheeth / Set "appointed" 0 mentions in Quran 38 of 42

Shem Shem / Sam / Shem "name" 1 mentions in Quran 39 of 42

Solomon Solomon / Sulaiman / Shlomo "peace" 23 mentions in Quran 40 of 42

Terah Terah / Azar / Tarah "wild goat" 0 mentions in Quran 41 of 42

Zachariah Zachariah / Zakariya / Zekharya 4 mentions in Quran 42 of 42

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